From the monthly archives: October 2008
As promised, pics of E in outfit I made (vest, pants, bowtie) for Rob and Allie’s wedding:
Here’s a quick peak at the dress I made to wear to the wedding (pictures of the little blighter in his bowtie will be forthcoming):
I bought the yellow raw silk at Haberman’s of Royal Oak…I think it was in the Home Dec area and perhaps others would look at this and think “drapes!” I looked at it and thought “dress!” I actually made another version of the dress for seester Krick’s wedding a couple years ago, but it was too low-cut to be bending over and chasing a toddler in. And also I might just weigh an eensy weensy bit more than I did then…ahem. So it needed modification.
As usual there is no pattern for this, although I will…
: : This year’s Halloween decor : :
: : Last year’s mantle decor : :
: : Bat garland instructions here : :
: : Pumpkin Lanterns a variation on this idea : :
I was all ready to post with pictures of my Halloween decorations, but then I got too excited about the outfit I’m almost finished with for Elliot to wear this weekend. Mr Rae’s brother is getting married this weekend, so I wanted my little boy to look spiffed up.
I find it very frustrating how hard it is to find decent dress clothes for little boys. Janie and Jack has the cutest little suits (wool gabardine…dry clean only… thankyou-very-much-but-are-you-insane?) if you’re willing to spend $200. I’m not.
I had the khaki fabric (organic cotton, JoAnn’s) already with plans to make some sort of khaki pant for Elliot — it’s lightweight and a little stretchy. When I discovered that my Ottobre (5/2006, get it…
Here’s something I whipped up one afternoon recently:
The fabric was a seven-yard score from a thrift shop in Bloomington whilst visiting seester Elli.
There is no pattern, but now let’s talk about how to make this shirt yourself, because it’s just so easy. The pattern consists of two pieces, both rectangles. The first one is a rectangle that you cut as tall as the line from the bottom of your neck to your bust + 1 inch and as wide as your shoulder width plus about 8-10 inches, depending on how long you want your “sleeves” to be (spread your arms and hold a yardstick up to see where they will hit). I cut 3″ rectangles off each side, sewed the trim…
Thought I’d keep you up to date on the latest arrival in my shop, cloth napkin sets:
: : All packed and ready to go : :
: : Spiff up the dining table! : :
: : Set of 4/$19 : :
: : Available in oranges, golds and other earth tones : :
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